Bike Battles

Policy and culture locked Americans into climate-changing transportation modes.

Surprisingly, the WWII Victory Bike program hobbled manufacturing and severely limited bicycle use.

Bike Battles is now in translation as Las Batallas de la Bici by Katakrak Press of Pamplona, Spain.

How an enterprising librarian helped me find an obscure source that uncovered new bicycle history -- and how I'm making sure it's no longer difficult for other researchers to locate.

Bike lanes, busways, sharrows and sidewalks do not represent encroachments on a space that is the exclusive province of the automobile.

Dear internet: I need your help. Do you know any Fuji-obsessed collectors?

You may not have noticed, but it's the thirtieth anniversary of the movie American Flyers. Can this Hollywood production tell us anything about the history of bicycling in America?

I saw strange marks in the asphalt: sharp gouges that looked as if dragons had clawed at the surface of the road.